Nick Jones says he can tell within five minutes whether a space is right for Soho House, the private members club for "creative souls" that he has been bringing to cities across the globe.
It took him even less time on his first visit to the century-old...

LONDON -- Hungary has selected Kornel Mundruczo's "White God," which won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes, as its entry for the Oscars' foreign-language film category.
The decision was made at a meeting of the Hungarian Oscar Selection Committee...

The Hungarian film biz is on a roll, and keen to maintain its momentum. Variety spoke to Agnes Havas, head of the Hungarian National Film Fund, who is attending the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival this week, about the three Hungarian features playing...

The Facebook page of the dancer known as Reggae Pops has been filled with memories over the past hours as longtime club-goers pay honor to a smooth-moving fixture on the city’s night-life scene. Pops, born Nemencio Jose Andujar, died earlier this week, leaving a huge hole on the city’s dance floor.
Best known to many for his star turn in the video for Lianne La Havas’ "Age," Pops could be seen throughout the city’s groovier clubs, be it the regular Wednesday night reggae party...

PARIS- Maurice Levy, the CEO of Paris-based advertising and communications conglom Publicis Groupe, is set to deliver a keynote at MipTV, the international TV showcase.
Maurice Levy will discuss how TV and advertising are increasingly facing challenges - from content creation to monetization -- during his keynote address entitled "The Future of Content Is Digital."
"Publicis Groupe has been transformed into a global powerhouse of top creative advertising and marketing agencies, and is today a pioneer in...

The downtown Baltimore skyline is about to change.
The name of the defunct Examiner newspaper will no longer adorn the building at 400 E. Pratt St., visible throughout the Inner Harbor. Instead, the name of digital marketing firm R2integrated will go up on the Commerce Street side of the building in mid-October.
For more than a year, R2integrated has been subleasing the building's 11th floor, which had been vacated by the Baltimore Examiner. The free newspaper ceased publication in 2009 after less...

The planned merger of Omnicom Group Inc. in New York and Publicis Groupe in Paris into the world's biggest advertising firm gives the combined company lots of clout.
The deal was designed to give the new company more leverage when negotiating advertising rates and placements with television networks and with Internet Goliaths such as Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
The merger could also help smaller advertising rivals who might scoop up clients.
Shares of advertising companies rose Monday, the first...

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In March, the Sunset Strip music venue the Key Club announced that it was closing for good. Few local music fans were especially surprised.
The venue had operated in various guises since the '60s — first as Gazzarri's, where it hosted such rock 'n' roll royalty as the Doors, Guns N' Roses and Van Halen — and as the Key Club since 1998. It closed briefly in 2009, but 2013 was to be the final curtain for the club's monthly slate...

While many doctors urge patients to curb their sodium intake for better health, the processed food and restaurant industries continue to spike products with large amounts of sodium, according to a recent study.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans in 2010 advised middle-aged or older adults, African-Americans and people with hypertension, diabetes mellitus or chronic kidney disease consume no more than 1,500 milligrams of sodium daily, and others 2 years and older to stay below 2,300 milligrams. The...